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Did Jered Weaver have a better season than Justin Verlander?

Posted by
Andy

Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP awards, but one could argue that Jered Weaver had a better year. Now, don't get me wrong--if I had an MVP vote or Cy Young vote, both would have gone to Verlander. What follows is a sort of devil's advocate argument in favor of Weaver.Verlander had 4.9 Win Probability Added in 2011, a great total. Over the last 3 years, only 3 AL pitchers have racked up more WPA, but one of them was Jered Weaver in 2011, who had 5.2: